Firefighters battle through the night as Greek wildfire scorches more than 130 square kilometres

Hundreds of firefighters continued battling the massive wildfire in western Attica overnight, focusing on containing scattered flare-ups across a vast fire front that has already burned more than 130,000 stremmas (equivalent to 130 square kilometres) and claimed the lives of two helicopter crew members.

Ground crews concentrated their efforts on three main fronts: the northern and northeastern section opposite Psatha, between Agia Paraskevi, Agios Nektarios and the summit of Mount Kithairon...